Eva-Maria Olbers

Eva-Maria Olbers

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Eva leads Value Creation at Premji Invest, a $12 billion+ Venture Capital fund with a…

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Experience

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    Premji Invest - US

    Menlo Park, California, United States

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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    London, United Kingdom

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    London, United Kingdom

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    Germany

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    Germany

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    Spain

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    China

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    Luxembourg

Education

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    Harvard University

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    Activities and Societies: Recipient of full McCloy scholarship for intellectually outstanding German scholars; Elected Class President; Co-Director at Harvard’s “The Future Society” (focus Artificial Intelligence), Harvard Triathlon Club

    • Core subjects: Machine Learning and Big Data, Technology and Policy, Entrepreneurial Finance, Artificial Intelligence

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    Ambassador of the MSc programme and member of the Executive Committee of the Emerging Markets Club at the London Business School.

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    Selected representative of the BSc International Business class to the Student Staff Liaison Committee. Active member of the Strategy and Management Consulting Society and of the Linguistic Department (Spanish and Mandarin Chinese).

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    Selected to study at the Escuela Superior de Administracion de Empresas in Spain as part of the Erasmus scholarship.

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    Specialization in mathematics, international history and foreign languages.

Volunteer Experience

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    Mentor

    Harvard Undergraduate Women In Business (HUWIB)

    - Present 6 years

    Science and Technology

    Selected mentor of the Harvard Undergraduate Women In Business (HUWIB). Responsibilities include mentoring young women on entrepreneurship and leadership and directly supporting a team in the annual Entrepreneurship competition.

  • Co-Founder

    STEMgem

    - 1 year 3 months

    STEMgem is a IOT smart device company with the mission to engage teenage girls in the STEM fields. STEMgem was developed at MIT and Harvard.
    • Led international go-to-market strategy, marketing and fundraising operations of STEMgem. Solely raised seed funding round.
    • Winner of the Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge (2018), finalist in MIT 100k (2018) and supported by the MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund (2017).
    • Directly managed partnerships with the Harvard Innovation Labs, MIT…

    STEMgem is a IOT smart device company with the mission to engage teenage girls in the STEM fields. STEMgem was developed at MIT and Harvard.
    • Led international go-to-market strategy, marketing and fundraising operations of STEMgem. Solely raised seed funding round.
    • Winner of the Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge (2018), finalist in MIT 100k (2018) and supported by the MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund (2017).
    • Directly managed partnerships with the Harvard Innovation Labs, MIT Sandbox and MassChallenge accelerator.

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    Global Shaper (selected to attend the Annual Meeting in Davos in 2017)

    World Economic Forum

    - Present 9 years

    The Global Shapers Community is a network of Hubs developed and led by young people under 30 who are exceptional in their potential, achievements and drive to make a contribution to their communities.

  • Co-Founder

    Bridge To Afghanistan

    - Present 7 years

    Education

    Bridge To Afghanistan is a not-for-profit initiative that provides mentorship, leadership training and employability skills to young women in Kabul via Skype.

  • Director

    Global Graduate Academy, Ghana

    - Present 10 years 2 months

    Founding Faculty and trainer at the "Global Graudate Academy", a social enterprise founded by Edem Adzaho, winner of the SME Ghana awards 2014.

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    Microfinance in Ghana

    Global Brigades, Inc.

    - Present 12 years 5 months

    Economic Empowerment

    Responsible for educating locals on how to maintain a savings culture in the community Ekumfi Ekotsi, Central Region, Ghana.

  • Education in India

    Adarsh Vidya Mandir Government School

    - Present 14 years 2 months

    Education

    Responsible for independently structuring classes and teaching thirty-five students in English as a foreign language in Sikar, Rajasthan, India.

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    TEDx organizer and volunteer

    TED Conferences

    - Present 9 years

  • Education in Bolivia - Profesora de inglés

    Hospicio Santa Clara, Bolivia

    - Present 12 years

    Education

Honors & Awards

  • Oval Office at Harvard's "Women and Public Policy Program" - Selected participant

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  • Global Shaper at the World Economic Forum

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    The Global Shapers Community is a network of Hubs developed and led by young people who are exceptional in their potential, their achievements and their drive to make a contribution to their communities.

  • Gold Award at the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Association

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    Holder of the Gold Award for exceptional achievements in classical piano, Mandarin Chinese and Shotokan karate.

  • Selected member of the Harvard Graduate School Leadership Initiative

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  • Winner of the Harvard President's Innovation Challenge (2018)

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Languages

  • German

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • English

    Full professional proficiency

  • Chinese

    Elementary proficiency

  • French

    Full professional proficiency

  • Spanish

    Professional working proficiency

  • Luxembourgish

    Full professional proficiency

Organizations

  • Global Women in VC

    Member

    - Present

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